The goal of early childhood education and preschool education in Oulu is to support the child's comprehensive well-being, growth and learning. We strengthen the quality of early childhood education and care and build a unified path of growth and learning from early childhood education to basic education. We carry out diverse development work to achieve this goal.
The starting point for the development is the curricula of early childhood education and preschool education as well as the Oulu Education and Culture Programme.
We have developed established operating models that guide early childhood education and care. These include the well-being daycare centre, Välkyt and the Half a Day in the Yard operating models. The early childhood education development units Alakööki and Heikinharjun Luontokoto support the pedagogical activities of daycare centres and family daycare. Various government subsidies are used to improve the quality of early childhood education and pre-primary education. We operate in several different local and national networks.
We actively develop our personnel's competence through training. The focus areas of development in 2020–2025 are emotional and interaction skills and participation.